CELTIC supporters who each carried out an extra ordinary road to Lisbon style challenge have surpassed their fundraising target.

The Evening Times previously reported that Paul Muldoon and a group of cyclists travelled to Lisbon by bike after leaving Parkhead on May 11.

The fundraisers reached their destination by May 25 in time for the 50th anniversary of Celtic's European Cup win and now they have raised almost £51,000 for their efforts.

Paul Muldoon, 44, came up with the idea five years ago to cycle Lisbon to celebrate the anniversary of the Lisbon Lions, who won the European Cup on May 25, 1967 after beating Inter Milan 2-1.

The project manager, from Crookston, also wanted to raise money for charity through the challenge.

Around 30 cyclists from all over the world who have different levels of experience joined him, and as a group they have covered 1200 miles to raise the money for three charities including Solving Kids' Cancer, Celtic FC Foundation and Children in Crossfire.

Paul's sister Claire Muldoon said: "Whilst it was a figure the team thought about '£50K for the 50th Anniversary' of the Lisbon Lions, we will be honest we didn't think we would ever reach this.

"However, we have and we continue to push our campaign as the number still grows - currently we are well on our way to £51K and as sponsor sheets start to come in we expect this to rise further."

She added: "It is fair to say what the cyclists have achieved in cycling to Lisbon is amazing but to reach this figure is unbelievable and they are in awe of each person that has taken the time to donate.

"Just to reflect, the cyclists self funded their trip (around £2.5K each), trained in their own time and at detriment to family life, cycled 1200miles in 14 days across four countries. That is pretty special."

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